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All That Jazz (1979)

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Reviews Counted:30

Fresh:26

Rotten:4

Average Rating:7.3/10

Consensus: Director Bob Fosse and star Roy Scheider are at the top of their games in this dazzling, self-aware stage drama about a death obsessed director-choreographer.

Runtime: 2 hrs 3 mins

Genre: Dramas

Synopsis: Bob Fosse's semi-autobiographical film celebrates show business stripped of glitz or giddy illusions. Joe Gideon (Roy Scheider) is at the top of the heap, one of the most successful directors and... Bob Fosse's semi-autobiographical film celebrates show business stripped of glitz or giddy illusions. Joe Gideon (Roy Scheider) is at the top of the heap, one of the most successful directors and choreographers in musical theatre. But he can feel his world slowly collapsing around him--his obsession with work has almost destroyed his personal life, and only his bottles of pills keep him going. As he struggles to right his relationships with his ex-wife, his lover, and his daughter, he also has to cope with his failing health. Soon it's clear he'll have to make a choice: his art--or his life. A talented director and choreographer of both film and stage, Fosse was perhaps best known for helming the film version of CABARET and creating the musical CHICAGO. [More]

Starring: Roy Scheider, Jessica Lange, Ann Reinking, Leland Palmer

Starring: Roy Scheider, Jessica Lange, Ann Reinking, Leland Palmer, Cliff Gorman, Ben Vereen, John Lithgow

Director: Bob Fosse

Director: Bob Fosse
Producer: Robert Alan Aurthur
Composer: Ralph Burns

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Nov 30, 1999

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Reviews for All That Jazz

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10/17/03
Rebecca Murray
Rebecca Murray
About.com

Energetic Fellini-esque autobiographical examination of the life (and near death) of Bob Fosse

Full Review Source: Apollo Guide | comment Comment
08/03/09
Dan Jardine
Dan Jardine
Apollo Guide

No review available.

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12/08/02
Philip Martin
Philip Martin
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

The magnificent Fosse touch at its best.

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02/05/04
Lori Hoffman
Lori Hoffman
Atlantic City Weekly

Amazing stuff -- cool, cruel, and brilliant.

Full Review Source: Bryant Frazer's Deep Focus | comment Comment
01/01/00
Bryant Frazer
Bryant Frazer
Bryant Frazer's Deep Focus

Almost every scene is excruciating (and a few are appalling), yet the film stirs an obscene fascination with its rapid, speed-freak cutting and passionate psychological striptease.

Full Review Source: Chicago Reader | comment Comment
08/12/08
Dave Kehr
Dave Kehr
Chicago Reader
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No review available.

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08/17/05
Jules Brenner
Jules Brenner
Cinema Signals

Ain't Jazz dance grand when you're dyin' ?

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10/13/07
Cole Smithey
Cole Smithey
ColeSmithey.com

No review available.

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01/09/04
Michelle Alexandria
Michelle Alexandria
Eclipse Magazine

Fosse and Scheider have never been better.

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07/26/02
Scott Weinberg
Scott Weinberg
eFilmCritic.com

Self-reflexive, narcissistic, and entertaining, this film is Fosse's 81/2 (he even uses Fellini's cinemtographer Rotunno). High production values and superb acting by Roy Scheider as the artist's alter-ego makes this morbid musical Fosse's best work.

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02/28/07
Emanuel Levy
Emanuel Levy
EmanuelLevy.Com

Savagely witty on backstage life and audaciously edited.

Full Review Source: Empire Magazine | comment Comment
08/12/08
Kim Newman
Kim Newman
Empire Magazine

No review available.

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07/02/04
Jake Euker
Jake Euker
F5 (Wichita, KS)

Narcissistic and self-indulgent to a fault, it’s also like nothing you’ve ever seen before and probably never will again.

Full Review Source: Filmcritic.com | comment Comment
08/18/03
Chris Barsanti
Chris Barsanti
Filmcritic.com

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05/07/07
Chuck O'Leary
Chuck O'Leary
FulvueDrive-in.com

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06/03/03
David Poland
David Poland
Hot Button

Fosse at the top of his game; self-indulgent, but totally engrossing with Scheider doing a wicked impersonation of the director-choreographer.

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10/23/02
Bob Bloom
Bob Bloom
Journal and Courier (Lafayette, IN)

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03/03/03
Robert Roten
Robert Roten
Laramie Movie Scope

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08/22/03
Carol Cling
Carol Cling
Las Vegas Review-Journal

Interesting, but overrated

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09/12/02
Ken Hanke
Ken Hanke
Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)
 
 
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February 13, 2008: Roy Scheider: 1932-2008
Actor Roy Scheider, who earned Oscar nominations for his work in The French Connection and All That Jazz, passed away of undisclosed causes over the weekend. He was 75 years old. More...

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